One has only to come across this small monument for 2nd Lt. Bernard Jacobs, located in a remote part of Normandy, France, standing in a fence row by itself, far away from anything, to understand why we try to locate the families of WWII veterans who sacrificed their lives. At the bottom of the monument is inscribed....

"From the heart of the country runs the blood of our youth,

Who died in the name of freedom"

It's not enough just to honor those who left their homes and families to fight a war for our freedom, but we must pay tribute to their families, who have only memories of their loved ones.....